with a Tibetan woman circumambulating the Jokhar

Lots of Tibetans (read Lhasa Tibetans)

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October 2nd 2007
My first day in Tibet was pretty much a travel day. We woke up at 630 to catch what we were informed was a 1030 flight. Short of the long, we left at noon…not too bad but when you’re given the run around about times and you’re getting up that early, its kind of a bummer. Anyway, we had another amazing view of Everest on our one our flight to Lhasa, which was two hours, 15 minutes ahead of ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more